Under the terms of the lease agreement, the St. However, then-owner, Georgia Frontiere , waived the provision in exchange for cash that served as a penalty for the city's noncompliance.

The City of St. Louis, in subsequent years, made changes to the score board and increased the natural lighting by replacing panels with windows, although the overall feel remains dark.

Finally, the city of St. As such, if a resolution could not reached by the end of the — NFL season and the City of St.

Louis remains non-compliant in its obligations under the lease agreement, the Rams would be free to nullify their lease and relocate.

It would be, by the most conservative estimates, sufficient land on which an NFL-sized stadium may be constructed.

Commissioner Roger Goodell represented that Kroenke informed the league of the purchase. As an NFL owner, any purchase of land in which a potential stadium could be built must be disclosed to the league.

This development further fueled rumors that the Rams intended to return its management and football operations to Southern California.

The land was initially targeted for a Walmart Supercenter but Walmart could not get the necessary permits to build the center.

Kroenke is married to Ann Walton Kroenke who is a member of the Walton family and many of Kroenke's real estate deals have involved Walmart properties.

The project will include a stadium of up to 80, seats and a performance venue of 6, seats while reconfiguring the previously approved Hollywood Park plan for up to , square feet of retail, , square feet of office space, 2, new residential units, a room hotel and 25 acres of public parks, playgrounds, open space and pedestrian and bicycle access.

In lieu of this the city of St. Louis responded on January 9, , by unveiling an outdoor, open air, riverfront stadium that could have accommodated the Rams and an MLS team with the hope that the NFL bylaws can force them to stay.

On February 24, , the Inglewood City Council approved the stadium and the initiative with construction on the stadium planned to begin in December On December 21, , Construction was officially underway at the Hollywood Park site for the stadium.

On January 4, , after St. Louis finished last in per-game attendance for the season, [] the team filed a relocation application to relocate to Los Angeles and informed the NFL about this and released a statement on their website.

On January 12, , the NFL owners approved the Inglewood proposal and the Rams' relocation by a 30—2 vote; the Rams relocated almost immediately thereafter.

The Chargers have been looking to replace Qualcomm Stadium which, like the Oakland Coliseum opened in the late s since at least , and have had an annual out clause in which it can move in exchange for paying a fine to the city of San Diego for its remaining years on its lease.

The Raiders, meanwhile, have been operating on year-to-year leases with Oakland Coliseum , the stadium it has shared with the Oakland Athletics for most of its time in Oakland, California , since the last long-term lease on that stadium ended in Due to both television contracts and NFL bylaws, had both of the longstanding division rivals moved to LA, one of the teams would have been required to move to the NFC West , something that Mark Davis volunteered the Raiders to be willing to do.

The early rumor was that the Seattle Seahawks , who played in the AFC West from to , would have been the favorite to have switched conferences with the Raiders.

However, that team's growing rivalry with the San Francisco 49ers had pointed to either the Arizona Cardinals or the then- St.

Had the Rams stayed in St. Louis, switching them to the AFC would have allowed for a yearly home-and-home with the cross-state Kansas City Chiefs.

On October 23, , Mark Fabiani, Chargers spokesperson confirmed that the team planned to officially notify the NFL about its intentions to relocate to Los Angeles in January during the timetable when teams can request to relocate.

The Chargers were then given the option to join the Rams in Inglewood in , with the Raiders having the option in if the Chargers declined; the Chargers announced on January 29 that they would remain in San Diego for the season as negotiations continued, but that if negotiations ultimately failed, they had reached an agreement in principle with the Rams to join them in Los Angeles once the Inglewood stadium is complete.

The Raiders, having previously explored San Antonio, Texas as a potential relocation site in , moved on to other potential relocation sites after the rejection of the Carson proposal, focusing on a stadium plan in the vicinity of Las Vegas, Nevada.

On August 25, , the Raiders applied for a trademark for the "Las Vegas Raiders" and unveiled artist renditions of the proposed Las Vegas stadium, given the tentative title " Raiders Stadium.

On August 13, the Buffalo Bills and Pegula Sports and Entertainment reached an agreement to sell the naming rights to their stadium to the locally based New Era Cap Company , a major headwear supplier to all of the major North American sports leagues.

The stadium had previously been known as Rich Stadium from its opening in , then as Ralph Wilson Stadium since The sale of naming rights came as somewhat of a surprise, as previous owner Ralph Wilson was firmly against selling the naming rights to the stadium and there were few companies in Western New York believed to have the money to pay the naming rights fee for an NFL stadium.

Canadian-based financial services company Sun Life Financial had held the naming rights to the Miami Dolphins ' stadium since , a deal which expired in the offseason.

The team already announced that it was not going to renew the license. On April 2, the O. The Raiders' home field has undergone numerous name changes in its history, including Network Associates Coliseum — and McAfee Coliseum — This includes "cross-flexing" switching Sunday afternoon games between CBS and Fox before or during the season regardless of the conference of the visiting team.

Fox will serve as the broadcaster of Super Bowl LI. A change to the flexible scheduling rule takes effect for the season: This change can, theoretically, allow a game with playoff implications in the final week of the season to be moved to primetime for greater prominence.

The league's contract with CBS for Thursday Night Football expired after the season and was placed back up for bids. Commissioner Roger Goodell that the league was "thrilled to add NBC to the Thursday Night Football mix, a trusted partner with a proven track record of success broadcasting NFL football in primetime, and look forward to expanding with a digital partner for what will be a unique tri-cast on broadcast, cable and digital platforms.

This partnership will also include content for Twitter's live streaming service Periscope , such as behind-the-scenes access.

After 's Bills—Jaguars International Series contest was a modest success, the league was initially expected to make all three of the London games exclusive to the Internet.

Screen , which carried the contest, shut down in January ; [] the bidders on the three games which may or may not go to the same broadcaster included YouTube and Apple TV , both of which bid on the game but were passed up in favor of Yahoo!

Tony Romo , who would retire at the end of this season, would replace Simms as lead color commentator on CBS.

James Lofton from Westwood One , will replace Wilcots next season. Meanwhile, at Fox, this would be the last season for John Lynch , who would leave to be the next general manager of the San Francisco 49ers.

Replacing Lynch next season, would be Charles Davis who would move up from the 4 team at Fox to join Kevin Burkhardt at the end of this season.

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The Rams previously played at the Coliseum during their first stint in Los Angeles from to The Rams and the St. Under the terms of the lease agreement, the St.

However, then-owner, Georgia Frontiere , waived the provision in exchange for cash that served as a penalty for the city's noncompliance.

The City of St. Louis, in subsequent years, made changes to the score board and increased the natural lighting by replacing panels with windows, although the overall feel remains dark.

Finally, the city of St. As such, if a resolution could not reached by the end of the — NFL season and the City of St. Louis remains non-compliant in its obligations under the lease agreement, the Rams would be free to nullify their lease and relocate.

It would be, by the most conservative estimates, sufficient land on which an NFL-sized stadium may be constructed. Commissioner Roger Goodell represented that Kroenke informed the league of the purchase.

As an NFL owner, any purchase of land in which a potential stadium could be built must be disclosed to the league. This development further fueled rumors that the Rams intended to return its management and football operations to Southern California.

The land was initially targeted for a Walmart Supercenter but Walmart could not get the necessary permits to build the center.

Kroenke is married to Ann Walton Kroenke who is a member of the Walton family and many of Kroenke's real estate deals have involved Walmart properties.

The project will include a stadium of up to 80, seats and a performance venue of 6, seats while reconfiguring the previously approved Hollywood Park plan for up to , square feet of retail, , square feet of office space, 2, new residential units, a room hotel and 25 acres of public parks, playgrounds, open space and pedestrian and bicycle access.

In lieu of this the city of St. Louis responded on January 9, , by unveiling an outdoor, open air, riverfront stadium that could have accommodated the Rams and an MLS team with the hope that the NFL bylaws can force them to stay.

On February 24, , the Inglewood City Council approved the stadium and the initiative with construction on the stadium planned to begin in December On December 21, , Construction was officially underway at the Hollywood Park site for the stadium.

On January 4, , after St. Louis finished last in per-game attendance for the season, [] the team filed a relocation application to relocate to Los Angeles and informed the NFL about this and released a statement on their website.

On January 12, , the NFL owners approved the Inglewood proposal and the Rams' relocation by a 30—2 vote; the Rams relocated almost immediately thereafter.

The Chargers have been looking to replace Qualcomm Stadium which, like the Oakland Coliseum opened in the late s since at least , and have had an annual out clause in which it can move in exchange for paying a fine to the city of San Diego for its remaining years on its lease.

The Raiders, meanwhile, have been operating on year-to-year leases with Oakland Coliseum , the stadium it has shared with the Oakland Athletics for most of its time in Oakland, California , since the last long-term lease on that stadium ended in Due to both television contracts and NFL bylaws, had both of the longstanding division rivals moved to LA, one of the teams would have been required to move to the NFC West , something that Mark Davis volunteered the Raiders to be willing to do.

The early rumor was that the Seattle Seahawks , who played in the AFC West from to , would have been the favorite to have switched conferences with the Raiders.

However, that team's growing rivalry with the San Francisco 49ers had pointed to either the Arizona Cardinals or the then- St. Had the Rams stayed in St.

Louis, switching them to the AFC would have allowed for a yearly home-and-home with the cross-state Kansas City Chiefs.

On October 23, , Mark Fabiani, Chargers spokesperson confirmed that the team planned to officially notify the NFL about its intentions to relocate to Los Angeles in January during the timetable when teams can request to relocate.

The Chargers were then given the option to join the Rams in Inglewood in , with the Raiders having the option in if the Chargers declined; the Chargers announced on January 29 that they would remain in San Diego for the season as negotiations continued, but that if negotiations ultimately failed, they had reached an agreement in principle with the Rams to join them in Los Angeles once the Inglewood stadium is complete.

The Raiders, having previously explored San Antonio, Texas as a potential relocation site in , moved on to other potential relocation sites after the rejection of the Carson proposal, focusing on a stadium plan in the vicinity of Las Vegas, Nevada.

On August 25, , the Raiders applied for a trademark for the "Las Vegas Raiders" and unveiled artist renditions of the proposed Las Vegas stadium, given the tentative title " Raiders Stadium.

On August 13, the Buffalo Bills and Pegula Sports and Entertainment reached an agreement to sell the naming rights to their stadium to the locally based New Era Cap Company , a major headwear supplier to all of the major North American sports leagues.

The stadium had previously been known as Rich Stadium from its opening in , then as Ralph Wilson Stadium since The sale of naming rights came as somewhat of a surprise, as previous owner Ralph Wilson was firmly against selling the naming rights to the stadium and there were few companies in Western New York believed to have the money to pay the naming rights fee for an NFL stadium.

Canadian-based financial services company Sun Life Financial had held the naming rights to the Miami Dolphins ' stadium since , a deal which expired in the offseason.

The team already announced that it was not going to renew the license. On April 2, the O. The Raiders' home field has undergone numerous name changes in its history, including Network Associates Coliseum — and McAfee Coliseum — This includes "cross-flexing" switching Sunday afternoon games between CBS and Fox before or during the season regardless of the conference of the visiting team.

Fox will serve as the broadcaster of Super Bowl LI. A change to the flexible scheduling rule takes effect for the season: This change can, theoretically, allow a game with playoff implications in the final week of the season to be moved to primetime for greater prominence.

The league's contract with CBS for Thursday Night Football expired after the season and was placed back up for bids. Commissioner Roger Goodell that the league was "thrilled to add NBC to the Thursday Night Football mix, a trusted partner with a proven track record of success broadcasting NFL football in primetime, and look forward to expanding with a digital partner for what will be a unique tri-cast on broadcast, cable and digital platforms.

This partnership will also include content for Twitter's live streaming service Periscope , such as behind-the-scenes access.

After 's Bills—Jaguars International Series contest was a modest success, the league was initially expected to make all three of the London games exclusive to the Internet.

Screen , which carried the contest, shut down in January ; [] the bidders on the three games which may or may not go to the same broadcaster included YouTube and Apple TV , both of which bid on the game but were passed up in favor of Yahoo!

Tony Romo , who would retire at the end of this season, would replace Simms as lead color commentator on CBS. James Lofton from Westwood One , will replace Wilcots next season.

Meanwhile, at Fox, this would be the last season for John Lynch , who would leave to be the next general manager of the San Francisco 49ers.

Replacing Lynch next season, would be Charles Davis who would move up from the 4 team at Fox to join Kevin Burkhardt at the end of this season.

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